Business Intelligence DevOps Engineer 3

Description

Summary of the work Power BI DevOps Engineer for HMPO's BI transformation project, working in agile delivery team to iteratively design, build and implement a BI platform infrastructure in collaboration with Lead Technical Architect. This work will lay the foundation of key architecture building blocks for the future BI platform. Specialist role Web operations engineer Expected Contract Length 12 months with optional further period of up to 12 months dependent on business need & performance Latest start date Monday 4 December 2017 Early Market Engagement Home Office have already evaluated various BI tools and chosen Microsoft Power BI as a strategic BI Visualisation Tool. Who Speclialist Work With There is a small team allocated to this work formed of a Product Manager, Business Analyst, Technical Lead, Developer and a Lead Architect. What Specialists Work On Build BI infrastructure in AWS using Puppet, Chocholatey, Jenkins Support and installation of Windows 2012, Windows AD, SQL Server and automation Provide Expert knowledge and be an escalation point of contact for BI Infrastructure Work with existing DevOps team, BI project team and HMPO Security stakeholders. Skills & Experience • Have demonstrable experience of using AWS(VPC, EC2, RDS, ELB, Route53, IAM) mandTerraform for provisioning AWS resources • Have demonstrable experience of using Developers tools: GIT, Jenkins, Nexus/Artefactory and YAML/JSON • Have demonstrable experience of Networking concepts: TCP/IP, Firewall, Routing, DNS • Have demonstrable experience of Windows 2012 server installation, management, configuration management, Chocholatey application manager • Have demonstrable experience of SQL Server installation, support and managemen • Have demonstrable experience of configuring Windows AD, roles, permissions, group policies, Windows security, Antivirus and WSUS Nice to Haves • Have demonstrable experience of build automation using Puppet, Ansible and Docker • Have demonstrable experience of Linux adminstration Work Location Westminster Working Arrangments We expect the specialist to work collaboratively with existing in house DevOps team and Strategic Business Intelligence project to develop the BI platform infrastructure in AWS. Work is based in London and will involve the supplier being on site 5 days per week to work collaboratively with HMPO teams; travel and expenses remains the responsibility of the supplier. Service design and development must align with the HM Passport Office strategic technical architecture and technologies. Security Clearance SC clearance is required. HMPO will support the clearance process. Additional T&Cs Breakpoints to assess progress and quality will be set at the end of alpha phase. No. of Specialists to Evaluate 3 Cultural Fit Criteria • Be transparent and collaborative when making decisions • Take responsibility for their work • Can work with clients with low technical expertise • Able to work within HMPO design, delivery and governance framework Evaluation Weighting Technical competence 60% Cultural fit 15% Price 25% Questions from Suppliers 1. Could you please clarify the number of specialists you require as the title implies 3 but the latter wording implies 1. One 2. Is this role inside or outside of IR35 scope? We expect this engagement to be outside IR35, however status is assessed on a case-by-case basis. 3. What is the IR35 status of this role? We expect this engagement to be outside IR35, however status is assessed on a case-by-case basis. 4. Does this role fall within the off-payroll working legislation (IR35)? We expect this engagement to be outside IR35, however status is assessed on a case-by-case basis. 5. Can the Passport office please confirm the IR35 status of this role We expect this engagement to be outside IR35, however status is assessed on a case-by-case basis. 6. Does the Passport office have a budget/day rate in mind. The maximum day rate has been left blank intentionally, we will assess the day rate for suppliers using the evaluation weighting we have disclosed on the requirements. 7. Is this deemed inside or outside of IR35. We expect this engagement to be outside IR35, however status is assessed on a case-by-case basis. 8. Having applied multiple times with no feedback through the portal I would like to know if this role is the same as a previous Dev Ops roles and if we apply will we get some feedback? Yes this is the same requirement as the previous Business Intelligence DevOps roles 5299 & 5309. Her Majesty's passport office is not required to provide comprehensive feedback at the shortlisting stage. More detailed feedback is provided at the evaluation stage in line with the DOS guidance. 9. The HMPO will support the clearance. Can this be done whilst the consultant is on site? or does it have to be completed before the role commences? Successful candidates can only start with SC clearance.